No-one working in the fields of theatre and politics applied theatre theatre history theatre
and performance theory and transdisciplinary enquiry across the borders of theatre society
'development' sociology and social practice from the late twentieth century on can avoid the
centrality of Augusto Boal's theatre practice and methodology its application and
implications.This book seeks to outline a number of framing contexts which have shaped this
work and to draw from them conclusions about its relevance beyond its original context. It aims
to open up questions about Boal's work in the following areas:Social and political: how do
Boal's practice and premises inflect how we might or should conceptualise and structure society
individuals power relations economies?Critical pedagogies: how does Boal's work and its
relational nexus including for example Freire and Fals Borda demonstrate and or develop the
understanding and application of practices of learning understanding growing and
collaborating?The body: in which dimensions does Boal's practice illuminate and open up somatic
practices and aesthetic sensibilities which are crucial to social political and environmental
relationship for the 21st century?Thus it traces a trajectory from the roots of Augusto Boal's
work in revolutionary theatre praxis to the autopoietic theatre work of the 21st century.Birgit
Fritz is a visiting tutor in transcultural theatre and theatre action research and a
high-school teacher. She studied extensively with Boal is part of the Jana Sanskriti Network
and founded the CTO-Vienna TdU-Wien. Her publications include the handbook InExActArt - The
Autopoietic Theatre of Augusto Boal and translations into German of Augusto Boal's
autobiography Hamlet and the Baker's Son and Sanjoy Ganguly's book Jana Sanskriti - Forum
Theatre and Democracy in India. She lives and works near Vienna Austria.Lana Sendzimir studied
Social Sciences and Humanities before getting her Masters Degree in Theatre and Media for
Development in the UK. She continued her studies in The Theatre of the Oppressed by training
with Birgit Fritz as well as many other practitioners in the field. Her work has lead her to
study movement and bodywork in a variety of modalities for a deeper exploration and awareness
of the body and its healing through creative expression and touch.Ralph Yarrow is Emeritus
Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature University of East Anglia Norwich UK. He taught
French language literature for 15 years then retrained in drama practice and Indian theatre
later moving full-time to Drama. He has directed productions in the UK India South Africa and
Germany. Books include Improvisation in Drama Theatre and Performance (with Anthony Frost
Palgrave 1990 2005 2015) Consciousness Literature and Theatre (with Peter Malekin) Indian
Theatre and Sacred Theatre (with Franc Chamberlain Bill Haney Carl Lavery and Peter
Malekin).
